Pro Snow
Since you follow Slope Dope, you already know that the new Warren Miller film, Ticket to Ride, is coming to the Bay.

What you may not know is that, for the second year running, Miller and the Climate Reality Project are teaming up with I AM PRO SNOW. Their goal is “to unite people who live for winter and depend on snow for recreation, business, and their quality of life. Together, we’re telling the story of what climate change means for the season we love and building momentum to protect it.”

OK, that’s the last time I use the word “passholders” this week. I’m beginning to hate that word.

FYI, a two-night minimum stay in Sun Valley Resort Lodging is required, and some blackouts apply. And, FYI, United Airlines has a new nonstop jet service from SFO to SUN, with daily flights beginning December 12. And finally, Sugar Bowl already has a free skiing program with Grand Targhee Resort in Wyoming.

Salt Lake Quartet
With some of America’s leading ski resorts less than an hour from the airport, Salt Lake City is making it easy to mix and match.

The Ski Salt Lake Super Pass is good at four Cottonwood Canyon resorts: Alta, Brighton, Snowbird and Solitude. The single lift pass lets you ski them all. It also gives you a ticket to ride the UTA Ski Bus and TRAX light rail for free. No mo rental car 4 U.

As for Salt Lake City, once my least fave American town, here’s a visual update.

Halls of Ivy

Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows’ College Tahoe Super Pass has gone on sale as “Tahoe’s only unrestricted dual mountain college season pass.”
The CTSP costs $419 and lets college students ski/ride both Alpine and Squaw seven days a week, no holiday blackout dates. FoMoInfo, www.TahoeSuperPass.com.

My only question to those selfsame college students: When you buy the pass, what are you going to tell your parents?

A. “It’s a required course.”
B. “I am going to class… it’s just that my courses are at night this semester.”
C. “Don’t you want me to be healthy, Mom?”
D. All of the above.